| Autor: |
S K, Pal, K, Sharma, A, Pathak, I M S, Sawhney, S, Prabhakar |
| Rok vydání: |
2004 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Neurology India. 52(2) |
| ISSN: |
0028-3886 |
| Popis: |
The study was based on the data of a sample of 400 epileptic patients (200 idiopathic and 200 symptomatic) and 100 normal healthy individuals serving as controls. The PTC threshold distribution was bimodal. The number of non-tasters among idiopathic epileptics (35.5%) and symptomatic epileptics (32.5%) was significantly higher than controls (20%). The relative incidence of non-tasters in idiopathic and symptomatic epilepsies was 2.20 and 1.93 respectively. There is evidence that non-tasters tend to ingest a greater quantity of bitter tasting goitrogenic substances present naturally in edible plants which in turn exert greater thyroid stress in non-tasters or less sensitive tasters. Such a stress during intrauterine or early childhood growth and development might have affected neurological maturation which in turn made them more susceptible to epilepsy than tasters, who faced lesser stress. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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